User talk:The Old School Student

December 2020
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or self-promoting in violation of the conflict of interest and notability guidelines. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. MER-C 16:06, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Is the person who conducted this workshop a Wikipedia user? Don't identify them here, but if you could contact that person and ask them to comment here, that would be good.

The draft is not "advertising" exactly, but it is promotional because it just tells about the person and what they do. Wikipedia articles must do more, they must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about a subject, in this case a writer, showing how they meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable creative professional.

Paid editing is not prohibited, as long as it is disclosed. It is still a conflict of interest. 331dot (talk) 13:45, 27 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your response. There were three persons who conducted the workshop. They were Wikipedia users. I don't know their names nor their usernames. Actually the workshop was held in our university. Around 300 students from the university attended the workshop. The aim of the workshop was to learn how to edit Wikipedia. After workshop, we are supposed to crate Wikipedia page as a part of college assignment work. But the workshop didn't work. It was just one-day workshop, and the students learned nothing from it. Students found it difficult to edit Wikipedia. We were taught both visual editing and source editing. But all these thing didn't work. So the University canceled the idea of "Assignment work". During some time, I read Wikipedia's guidelines, watched tutorial videos on YouTube. And after my final exam, I created this account to contribute on Wikipedia.


 * In the workshop, I learned that "peer reviewed journals" and "scholarly sources" are the best sources to write Wikipedia articles. So in Draft:Saikat Majumdar, I have used both. You can see the reviews published in peer reviewed journals and news papers. Those reviews are very genuine and scholarly. Please check them. They discuss both positive and negative sides of the subject (Majumdar's books). If you believe there are any problematic content, can you please remove it from the article. Because I don't know what is problematic contents. Thanks. The Old School Student (talk) 15:10, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Is your assignment to successfully write a Wikipedia article? That would be extremely unfair to you as a student, as you do not have control over the entire process. You could write the most fantastic essay about someone, but if it does not meet guidelines, it will not be accepted no matter how well written it is. Professors seeking to incorporate Wikipedia into lessons are advised to use education program guidance. 331dot (talk) 16:12, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I wanted to know who advised you to contact and involve the subject of the draft- essentially asking you to create a conflict of interest. Typically an article is created without any involvement from the subject. 331dot (talk) 16:15, 27 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes. I am aware about Education program. The workshop I attended was a part of Wikipedia:Education program.

But, You misinterpreted my above comment. I said above that: The workshop didn't work. The workshop was conducted to teach us Wikipedia editing. But students learned nothing from the workshop. So University cancelled the entire programme of Wikipedia assignments (Students complained to the professors that they can't create wiki article because it is too difficult to write source editing.) So students were not given any assignments related to Wikipedia. The university cancelled the whole program. The articles which I have created is not a part of assignment. I started editing just because of my own interest in literature. I gained basic knowledge of Wikipedia through the workshop, and I gained further knowledge from YouTube tutorials and from my readings of Wiki articles. So decided to contribute in my favourite area of interest and I started editing. I had planned to write Wiki articles on my favourite books and writers. I didn't know that I would trapped in the situation like this. This is bit frustrating situation for me. I am sorry and thanks. The Old School Student (talk) 02:05, 28 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello. I posted this unblock request 1 week+ ago and it is still unreviewed. Did I miss something? Is there any other step that I missed ? The Old School Student (talk) 12:41, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No, your request is open and pending. Another administrator will eventually review it. Administrators are volunteers too, so you will need to continue to be patient. 331dot (talk) 16:36, 5 January 2021 (UTC)